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Re: Big Four Tournament?

one day double header in des moines on a saturday afternoon. iowa and isu each against either drake or uni. iowa and isu keep the home-home. frees up a home game and no more crappy road games against uni or drake.

Re: Big Four Tournament?

It would be a travesty if these series did not continue. UNI has demonstrated that they belong playing with their instate rivals and should continue to get the chance.

Playing double headers in The Well would be a huge boon for Drake and UNI because there would sure to be plenty of Iowa and Iowa State fans that would cheer against the other.

No, it wouldn't. UNI can fend for itself. It is ridiculous for Iowa and ISU to continue to play road games at UNI and Drake. They want to play with the big boys? Come to our arenas and get it on. By travelling to Drake and UNI, Iowa and ISU are doing tremendous favors for those schools, and getting, what, in return, exactly? Home cooking refereeing, that is for sure.

Continuing the series is fine, but not playing at their arenas. Nobody else, anywhere, does that, why the heck should we?

Re: Big Four Tournament?

There is no (good) reason to drop the series completely, but running a double-header at Wells Fargo sounds like a very good option. You can either have the two-day 'in-state tournament' or at worst you have the single day double-header and play Drake/UNI opposite years. There is no reason to get rid of these match-ups, these are quality non-conference games which both teams really lack in their non-conference schedules as of late. Say you do get rid of them, who replaces them, another PV A&M? Both Iowa's and Iowa State's non-conf SOS is terrible, why get rid of decent in-state teams to replace with even worse non-conf?

Re: Big Four Tournament?

Originally Posted by SvrWxCy

There is no (good) reason to drop the series completely, but running a double-header at Wells Fargo sounds like a very good option. You can either have the two-day 'in-state tournament' or at worst you have the single day double-header and play Drake/UNI opposite years. There is no reason to get rid of these match-ups, these are quality non-conference games which both teams really lack in their non-conference schedules as of late. Say you do get rid of them, who replaces them, another PV A&M? Both Iowa's and Iowa State's non-conf SOS is terrible, why get rid of decent in-state teams to replace with even worse non-conf?

I guess we could argue that there's nowhere down for our noncon schedule to go, since we play the weakest one in the Big 12. Like you're saying, that doesn't exactly help us.

I think the best solution is simply to play better and win those games, at home and on the road.

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